News
In this section, you will find links to news stories that are pertinent to
the legal issues facing the small online business owner. They are an
excellent resource for you to keep up with what is going on and to
provide you information on how to best protect yourself and your
business.
August 4, 2009
* Fresh Views at Agency Overseeing Online Ads - New York Times
July 28, 2009
* Tenant's Twitter Slam Draws Suit - Chicago Sun-Times
July 11, 2009
* Rosetta Stone Sues Google Over Trademarks in Searches - Washington
Post
July 3, 2009
* DOJ Launches Formal Investigation into Google Book Search
Settlement - eWeek
July 1, 2009
* Judge Rules for J.D. Salinger in ‘Catcher’ Copyright Suit - New York
Times
April 23, 2009
* Paid to Pitch: Product Reviews By Bloggers Draw Scrutiny - New York
Times
April 17, 2009
* The Pirate Bay verdict: guilty, with jail time - Ars Technica
April 15, 2009
* The Biggest Risks To Your Business - Forbes
April 14, 2009
* Google's Trademark Tussle - Businessweek
April 8, 2009
* Can the AP Out-Google Google - Businessweek
April 2, 2009
* Advertisers brace for online viral marketing curbs - Financial Times
March 31, 2009
* High court: Virginia spam law is unconstitutional - Cnet.com
March 26, 2009
* Relationship Status of RIAA and ISPs: It’s Complicated - Wall Street
Journal
March 25, 2009
* EU court upholds trade mark ruling against AB Inbev - Reuters
March 17, 2009
* Google, LVMH Clash Over Keyword Rights at EU Court -
Bloomberg.com
March 13, 2009
* Another Economic Casualty: Patent and Trademark Filings Are Down -
Law.com
January 6, 2009
* Apple's iTunes to drop copyright protection - globeandmail.com
December 31, 2008
* Microsoft poses (and U.S. patent office rejects) a plan for
pay-as-you-go PCs - Scientific American
December 30, 2008
* Popeye Copyright Set to Expire in Europe - UPI.com
December 30, 2008
* Bad news for workers is good news for LinkedIn - USA Today
December 28, 2008
* Netbook Trademark Kerfuffle is All About The Money - GigaOm
December 28, 2008
* RIAA Thomas Appeal Denied; Retrial Likely to Set New Copyright
Infringement Course - Wired.com
December 23, 2008
* Who Knew? Spackle is a Trademark of a Bayonne Company - NJ.com
December 5, 2008
* Barbie Makes Bratz Bow Out - Chicago Tribune
November 20, 2008
* Music-piracy law challenged - Chicago Tribune
November 19, 2008
* Google's ASCAP-for-Books Moves Forward - Conde Nast
November 19, 2008
* How To Keep Tabs On Any Business - Forbes.com
November 19, 2008
* The Real O’Neal Puts His Cyber Foot Down - New York Times
November 18, 2008
* Judge tosses Psystar’s countersuit - ZDNet
November 17, 2008
* Markets Declare Truce in Copyright Wars - Wall Street Journal
November 14, 2008
* With Credit Tight, U.S. Gives Small Business a Hand - New York Times
October 29, 2008
* Google Settles With Authors - BusinessWeek
October 28, 2008
* Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft's Privacy Plan - Forbes.com
October 15, 2008
* Go Daddy Celebrates Big Win in Battle against Rogue Pharmacies -
MarketWatch
October 15, 2008
* Bon Jovi complains over Republican rally song - Reuters
October 8, 2008
* Study: Reading online privacy policies could cost $365 billion a year -
ARS Technica
October 6, 2008
* Worried About Privacy, 25% Use Fakes ID to View Sites -
MarketingVox
September 30, 2008
* "Orphan Works" Copyright Law Dies Quiet Death - Wired.com
September 29, 2008
* Copyright Czar's Fate in Bush's Hands; Veto Looms - Wired.com
September 26, 2008
* Internet service providers want to set industry guidelines for online
privacy - Los Angeles Times
September 17, 2008
* What's in a Name? Everything - Entrepreneur.com
September 17, 2008
* We are what we Google - Forbes.com
September 17, 2008
* State to try again for Internet sales tax - New Richmond News
September 12, 2008
* One in five employers uses social networks in hiring process -
Computer World
September 12, 2008
* Va. Ban On Spam Is Ruled Unlawful - Washington Post
August 31, 2008
* A New Battle Is Beginning in Branding for the Web - New York Times
August 28, 2008
* Phone companies can't ban class action in Washington - Seattle Times
August 20, 2008
* Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider 'Fair Use' Before Sending
Takedown Notice - Wired
August 14, 2008
* Open Source Code on Firmer Ground after Jacobsen Ruling -
Information Week
August 1, 2008
* Lawmakers Demand Information on Web Tracking Practices - New York
Times
See older articles in our News Archive section.
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